Emily VanCamp

Born Emily Irene VanCamp in Port Perry, Ontario, Canada, on May 12, 1986, her first love was dance, which she began pursuing at the age of three. Nine years later, her training paid off when she was accepted into the L'Ecole Superieure de Danse de Quebec, the official training program of the prestigious Grands Ballet Canadiens. But her passion shifted gears when one of her three older sisters was cast in a film as a ballerina. Upon visiting the film set, VanCamp quickly fell in love with the environment, and decided to become an actress. She was just 13 when she landed her first onscreen role in a pair of episodes of the kids' suspense series "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (YTV/Nickelodeon, 1... Continue Bio >>